Ventilated urinal-closet combination-range



N. FROST.

VENTILATED URINAL CLOSET COMBINATION RANGE.

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Patented May 13,1919.

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NATHANIEL FROST, OF BLOOMINGTON, ILLINOIS.

VENTILATED unINAL-oLosEr COMBINATION-RANGE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May is, 1919.

Application filed August 7, 1918. Serial No. 2483742.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NATHANIEL Fnosr a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Bloomington, in the county of McLean and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ventilated Urinal- Closet Combination-Ranges, of which the following is specification.

My present invention relates to a ventilated urinal-closet combination range wherein common flushing, discharging and ventilating means are utilized and wherein the primary object and purpose is the combining of urinals and closets in the same range with common, simultaneously-acting connections.

In accordance with the invention, a portion of the range is so equipped as to be utilized as a urinal simultaneously flushed and discharged with the closet sections and having openings leading into a vent duct common to both, irrespective of the particular flushing means utilized.

As urinals are ordinarily constructed, it would be important to place the same in the range between the flushing tank and the closet sections, or, in other words, at the intake end of the range, in order to avoid sight of the excreta passing through the urinal.

My present invention proposes a construction, however, which will permit the urinals to be placed at either end or in the center of the range.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate my invention,

Figure 1 is a front elevation;

Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section;

Fig. 3 is a partial top plan view; and

Fig. 4 is a detail enlarged section. 7

Referring now to these figures, the complete range is readily to be seen in Fig. 1,

indicated by numeral 10, extending along and common to the closet sections 11 and the urinal l2, hasa waste pipe 13 leading from its outlet end and 'a flushing pipe 141 connecting with its intake end. For purposes of economyand as an additional sanitary flushing feature, the common waste pipe 15 of the wash-room fixtures, shown at 16 in Fig. 1, may lead to the flushing pipe 14 or to the intake end of the range 10.

The flushing apparatus may, as shown in Fig. 1, include a tank 17 having the usual tilting vessel 18 therein. Other tanks may, however, be utilized, for instance those with siphonic action.

In connection with the closet sections 11, closet seats19, as seen in Fig. 3, are, of course, utilized, but as to the urinal 12 a novel construction is proposed which brings about better ventilation and enables the disposition of the urinal at either side of or between the closet sections 11.

Thus the back plate 20 of the urinal, as

seen best in Fig. 2, has a section 21 thereof below the spray pipe 22, whose lower edge has a curved lower flange 23 reverting in a rearward direction around the forward edge of the top plate 24 which covers the rear portion of the range 10 for the width of the urinal 12. The upper forward portion of the range 10 within the urinal 12 has a flanged edge 25 to which is securely fastened an. apron 26 inclined rearwardly and downwardly with its lower rear edge below the lower forward flanged edge 23 of the back plate and thus cutting off the view to the bottom of the range and at the same time leaving a considerable drain space and one which, being opposite the respective vent openings 27 of the range, brings about more effective and complete ventilation. The outer edge of this apron curves downwardly at 28 around the flanged edge 25 of the range, as seen in Figs. 2 and 4, and thus completes a sightly eflicient construction particularly adapted to a combination range as described. As seen in Figs. 1 and 2, the vent openings 27 of the urinal 12, as alsothe vent openings 29 of the closets 11, open into a common vent duct 30, and removal of all odors is thus simultaneously taken care of.'

My improved range as thus described is readily portable by virtue of its support upon legs 10, with which the range 10 is equipped and it is thus obvious that as the range supports both the means forming the urinal and the means forming the closet sections, the entire structure is adapted for ready installation and self support, without necessitating specially prepared foundations, supporting walls and the like.

It is obvious that my combination apparatus brings about a large saving as compared to separate installations of closets and urinals, and provides a compact structure,

occupying a minimum of space, and reduces under-floor plumbing required for inlet and outlet supply.

I claim:

1. In a device of the character described, a urinal trough having a flanged forward edge, a back plate depending above the center of the trough, a top plate secured so as to cover the trough rearwardly of the back plate, and a front apron secured to the for- Ward flanged edge of the trough, the lower, free edges of said back plate and said apron terminating adjacent to one another in' spaced relation.

2. In a device of the character described, a urinal trough having a flanged forward edge, a back plate depending above the center of the trough, a top plate secured at one edge to the rear edge of the trough and covering the trough in the rear of the back plate, and an apron secured at its forward edge to the forward flanged edge of the trough, said apron being inclined inwardly and downwardly within the trough and terminating adjacent to and below the lower edge of the back plate.

NATHANIEL FROST.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I). 0. 

